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Thursday, April 16, 2015

The Epic Spring Battle

Most of the time I love living in Seattle. Spring, however, can be a bit of a weather battle. Over the last week we've had sunshine and warm temps, two inches of hail, wind, drenching rain, and sunshine and cold temps.Battle I. Last Thursday was a beautiful spring day. My tulips opened up and enjoyed the warm sunshine.

Battle II. On Saturday a cold front came through bringing a hail storm to the lowlands. Our mountains got over two feet of snow, something that hadn't happened all winter long.

Battle III. This was followed by wind and drenching rains on Monday. I'm pretty sure my daffodils drowned.

Battle IV. On Wednesday the sun tried to gain the upper hand again. Even though it looked lovely, the temperatures were still chilly.

Eventually sunshine and warmth will win the war. I just wish it would happen sooner than later - there's yard work to be done and spring clothes to be worn.What's spring like where you live?

I love the pictures! It has been raining here for the last 4 days and it's supposed to rain for the next 5! WE need an ark around here my back yard is a pond right now. It's pretty warm out though. I am so ready for some sunshine around here!

gorgeous photos - I love looking at all the US ladies' backgrounds in their pics because they have such a wide range of weather extremes - Western Australia is much more moderate - I've never seen snow! Love the flowers & I'm sure you'll have more soon :)

Lana... Spring is slowly coming around... I was out for a couple of walks that totaled 4+ miles and although I was pretty red and sweaty, I enjoyed it totally... I heard we are getting some snow on Saturday... if so, I might lose it... along with the rest of the people in the Maritimes... we are still getting rid of ice banks xox

Ours is so weird that I'm often surprised when the plants still survive - or thrive! We had a very cold early spring and then last week was "above average" and now next week is expected to be seasonal. Seasonal means 50's or so. Our anniversary is in late April and I can remember many cool or cold ones!

There has been odd weather her as well. We've gotten softball sized hail earlier last week. It caused a ton of damage. It didn't start snowing here until the end of February. I'm stopping by from SITS to say hi.

We have had a very mild spring. Still enjoying cool nights and haven't had much of our dreaded March winds that blew through March, April and May last year. I haven't planted any flowers this year but hope to remedy that this weekend. Did your daffodils survive?

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I'm a 40 something freelance writer and mom of two boys, married to my high school sweetheart and living in the Pacific Northwest. I love fashion, reading, being outdoors, and traveling....and I write about it all!